Master's programmes

The Research Master's programme in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies concerns the interdisciplinary study of Classical Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.

Learn to apply knowledge of human cognitive, sensory and motor systems in real-life situations.

This Master’s enables you to become a data science professional with excellent analytic capabilities in a wide number of domains, such as health science, geo science, social and behavioural science and media

The Master in Applied Ethics is an interdisciplinary and international programme focused on the interaction between moral practice and ethical theory.

Applied Musicology focuses on the musical infrastructure and offers the specific knowledge and skills required for a musicologist to operate successfully within international musical practice.

This specialised and intensive Research Master's programme immerses you in traditional and innovative approaches to the history of art.

This Master’s offers you an integrative and cutting-edge approach to the field from the viewpoints of Informatics, Logic, Cognition, Psychology, Philosophy, and Linguistics. Profiles: Educational, Complex systems, Applied Data Science

With a mix of theory, research approaches, and practical work, the Master's programme in Arts and Society prepares creative thinkers and doers for a professional career on the cutting edge between art and society.

In this one-year programme, you will learn how to contribute to an efficient and effective international industry, with special attention to international financial markets, institutions and regulation.

This programme is aimed at Life Sciences students who want to innovate services, products and production systems and are interested in bio inspired design and science.

Biofabrication is an international multidisciplinary research-driven Master’s programme. It will provide you with thorough understanding and operational experience of processes such as 3D-bioprinting and other fabrication technologies.

In this Master’s programme, you will master integrative and cutting edge computational approaches to crack the biological code. With these approaches you will be an expert scientist with plentiful research opportunities in academia and companies.

The Biology of Disease programme is an interdisciplinary programme that positions you at the cutting edge of basic and clinical science, in particular in the cardiovascular research field.

With this Master’s, you become a broadly- educated social value creator for business; learning to help organisations balance financial and social goals.

This English-taught Master's programme provides the analytical tools and skills for new business development in established and new organizations.

The Master in Business Informatics combines theory, methods, and techniques from business and organisational science with the tools and practices of information and computing science. Tracks: PHD, Analyst, Entrepeneur.

This Master's programme will guide you through the mysteries of embryonic growth, stem cells, signalling, gene regulation, evolution and development as they relate to health and disease.

Our Master’s programme in Climate Physics offers you a unique combination of theoretical courses and practical training in all aspects of the Earth’s climate. Profiles: Educational profile, Complex systems profile, Applied Data Science profile.

Learn about the psychology of children and adolescents. Apply your knowledge of developmental psychology in clinical practice.

This Master’s programme (Orthopedagogiek) in Pedagogy will train you to become a scientist practitioner who is able to analyse, perform assessments and intervene, when problems in raising children or adolescents arise.

Learn how to treat and prevent psychological problems and disorders. Acquire fundamental knowledge and skills in evidence-based psychotherapies and become familiar with the research methods.

In the Research Master's programme Comparative Literary Studies, you study the role of literature in modern societies and its continuing role in the changing media landscapes of the modern world.

In this Master’s programme you will learn the advanced concepts, software design methods, problem-solving techniques, and analytic skills necessary to create information-driven systems. Profiles: Educational, Complex systems, Applied Data Science

This Master’s programme Conflict Studies and Human Rights focuses on the analysis of contemporary violent conflict with an emphasis on the interconnectedness of violence.

The programme focuses on contemporary theatre, dance and dramaturgy, from an intermedial, interdisciplinary and international perspective.

As a qualified anthropologist, you will study the relation between cultural diversity and power within the process of sociocultural transformation.

Explore the relationship between citizenship, cultural diversity, and social sustainability.

Cultural History of Modern Europe involves the study of Europe’s position in the world from a cultural-historical perspective, with an emphasis on modern history.

Become a social scientist in the field of developmental psychology, pedagogy, and/or interdisciplinary social sciences.

This programme prepares students for a job in drug innovation, at research institutes, the pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industry, or in policymaking in science and health care. Tracks: Experimental pharmacology, Drug regulatory sciences.

Earth Structure and Dynamics is the study of the composition, structure and evolution of the Earth’s crust, mantle and core.

Earth Surface and Water is the study of physical phenomena within the Earth's environment, their spatial and temporal characteristics and relationships and the evolution towards our modern landscape.

Earth, Life and Climate is an interdisciplinary study of the processes that govern past, present and future climates, environments and biotic responses.

In this one-year, English-taught Master’s programme in Economics, you will analyse and evaluate government policy and management.

Learn to organise educational learning processes, learning environments and change management. Use this knowledge to improve education and commercial training.

Energy Science provides a thorough understanding of energy systems and provides students the capabilities to work towards sustainable energy systems.

The goal of this programme is to make you understand how plants, animals and microbes function and adapt to changing environments. Tracks: Plant Biology, Fungal Biology, Ecology & Natural Resources Management, Behavioural Ecology.

In the Epidemiology Master's programme you will learn to operate as an epidemiologist and clinical researcher. For example, by examining the distribution and determinants of health and morbidity in specific populations.

A postgraduate programme that focuses on competencies that you need as an epidemiologist. It is a globally oriented programme with a focus on research towards evidence-based medicine and public health.

The Master's in European Criminal Justice in a Global Context examines the Europeanisation and internationalisation of criminal justice, preparing students to enter a dynamic and fast-changing global landscape.

This interdisciplinary Master’s programme investigates vital questions facing European countries today. It will equip you with the knowledge and skills to answer these questions and formulate appropriate responses to the challenges they pose.

The international Master's programme in European Law provides a thorough and highly-individualised training that prepares for a legal career in multinational environment.

As a student in the Master’s programme in Experimental Physics you will receive advanced training in the fundamental scientific theories that describe the world around us. Profiles: Educational, Complex systems and Applied Data Science profile.

In the Master in Film and Television Cultures you dive into dynamic media worlds and learn to engage critically with media industries and cultures.

In this one-year Master's programme, you will learn to to deal with economic, managerial, regulatory, and reporting issues to maximise enterprise value.

This Master’s programme in Game and Media Technology provides you with both fundamental and applied knowledge of the techniques for handling spatial data. Profiles: Educational profile, Complex Systems profile, Applied Data Science profile

In this Master in Gender Studies, you'll learn to develop and implement sustainable perspectives in emancipation policies, diversity management, cultural initiatives and political activism.

In this Research Master programme you will learn to critically analyse how gender intersects with other social and historical categories such as race, class, age, religion and sexuality.

GIMA focuses on the management and application of geographical information from a scientific perspective.

This Master's offers an international learning opportunity addressing the dire need for sustainability in a transdisciplinary and challenge-based environment.

The Master's programme Global Criminology offers a critical and comparative perspective on criminology and the growing demand for experts in global crime, penology and security.

In the research Master's programme Global Urban Transformations you will immerse in the social, spatial, ecological and economic transformations of cities and urban regions.

Learn about the fundamentals of the separate disciplines within Health and Environment and more importantly the added value of the integration of these disciplines.

The Research Master's programme in History offers research-based training in political and cultural history, the history of international relations, and social and economic history.

Foundations, practices, and culture of the sciences and humanities from a historical and philosophical perspective. Profiles: Educational profile, Applied Data Science profile

In the Master's programme History of Politics and Society you will learn how to use historical insights into the functioning of democracy, citizenship and the market to solve current-day problems.

Human Computer Interaction is an interdisciplinary programme, focussing on both the fundamental and applied knowledge of human and machine communication, as well as their interaction.

We need well-trained and creative minds to help us solve public health problems. Do you see yourself tackling the increasing incidences of allergies and autoimmune disease?

Innovation Sciences is the study of how new technologies are transformed into marketable innovations, explaining how innovation and innovation systems work.

In this interdisciplinary Master’s programme, you will carry out practice-oriented research relating to communication optimisation in multilingual and international contexts.

International Development Studies focuses on current development issues and teaches conceptual, theoretical, and empirical knowledge of trends and topics on the development agenda.

In this one-year Master's programme, you specialise in managerial decision making in a global context, with a keen eye for all stakeholders while managing international businesses.

The Master of International Relations in Historical Perspective bridges the historical and political science approaches of international relations. In this way, the programme offers you the best of both worlds.

This one-year Master's programme offers an in-depth examination of issues in economic and legal aspects, meeting the growing demand for multidisciplinary experts in the field.

The Master's programme Law and Sustainability in Europe offers a unique opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills to understand and foster transition processes towards a sustainable future for current and future generations.

This Master's programme covers the interplay between law and technology in Europe and teaches students about the legal challenges resulting from digitalisation.

The Master's programme Legal Research makes a well-trained lawyer out of you with a research-oriented mindset, which is crucial in this changing society and a basic requirement for a PhD study.

In the Research Master’s programme Linguistics, you will learn how to conduct research in theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and language use.

In the Master’s programme in Literature Today, you will learn how literature works in the modern globalised, digitalised, and commercialised world.

Marine Sciences studies how marine systems and processes operate naturally and how they change through human intervention.

You’ll engage in this programme in the core activities of mathematics while discovering new patterns and relationships and learning to construct models with predictive power. Profiles: Educational, Complex systems, Applied Data Science

This Research Master's programme Media, Art and Performance Studies investigates turns and transitions in contemporary media, art and performance, approached from a comparative perspective.

This programme teaches you the knowledge and skills in the fields of imaging physics and image analysis required for a career in the fascinating world of medical imaging research and technology developments.

State-of-the-art research in methodology and statistics of the biomedical, behavioural and social sciences.

Advanced research training in hotly debated societal issues.

The Master in Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences (MCLS) is research oriented and takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of molecules, cells, and organisms.

During this two-year research Master you will develop expertise in an economics research area of your interest and supplement this with knowledge from another field of research preparing you for a career as a researcher inside or outside academia.

The Research Master in Musicology offers advanced research training into the study of Western music across different historical periods, and the complex relation of music and media.

In this two-year Master’s programme, you will gain in-depth knowledge on, and experimental experience with, novel nanomaterials and their synthesis, structure, and applications. Profiles: Educational / Complex systems / Applied Data Science

Learn to assess and treat cognitive and behavioural disorders following brain damage.

This interdisciplinary Master’s programme offers you the opportunity to investigate numerous areas of brain functioning that make the neuroscience and cognition field uniquely intriguing and challenging.

The Master’s programme in New Media & Digital Culture teaches students to critically assess the meanings and functions of new media and their consequences for daily practices and cultures.

This Master’s will not start in 2022. Please take a look at our new programme Health and Environment.

You study and engage with grassroots organisations that promote a more sustainable inclusive and just society. The MSc introduces you to their organising principles, practices, processes and ways they engage with institutions to foster social change.

In the selective, Research Master's programme in Philosophy you can deepen your understanding of internationally-oriented research on philosophical issues and their history.

The Master's programme Public International Law prepares you to reflect critically on legal, human and sustainable dilemmas in a globalized and interdependent world.

This Master’s programme aims to train multidisciplinary scientists and combines fundamental disciplines such as stem cell biology, materials science and biomechanics with more applied disciplines such as cell therapy, implantology and imaging.

The Research Master’s programme in Religious Studies offers research-based training in the multidisciplinary study of religion as a dynamic historical and cultural phenomenon.

This challenging two-year Master's programme focuses on key issues of Public Administration and Organisation Theory. It will help you gain in-depth knowledge about societal problems and critical challenges faced by organisations in the public domain.

The programme is designed to equip students with sufficient knowledge and skills, not only to undertake scientific research, but also to be able to translate a scientific idea into a successful product.

For teaching, educational design, and educational research in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, or physics.

Investigate the social and health-related aspects of behavioural regulation

Social policy and interventions in the domain of health and wellbeing from an interdisciplinary perspective.

This programme will teach you how theories from the field of social, health and organisational psychology can contribute to the management of complex problems within these specific psychological areas.

Become an excellent researcher who qualifies for a PhD or a career outside academia.

You will be thoroughly trained to analyse and advise on contemporary social issues. You will develop into an academic professional on your own chosen theme.

The Master's programme Spatial Planning trains you to solve conflicting interests on urban land.

This Master’s programme focuses on Human Resource Management, in terms of serving both the organisation’s interests (good performance) and those of employees (for example, satisfaction and motivation).

This multidisciplinary Master's programme helps you become an expert in the competition and market power challenges faced by high-growth corporate organisations and international policy makers/regulators.

Sustainable Business and Innovation is the study of sustainable business challenges and technological and non-technological options that can be used to innovate in a sustainable way.

Sustainable Development is the study of scientific solutions and societal interventions for an environmentally accountable society.

You learn how fundamental know-how of finance and the principles of sustainability can be brought together in financial analyses and investments.

Let this Master's be your gateway to understanding the fascinating world of physics, ranging from the unimaginably small scales of elementary particles to the vast dimensions of our universe. Profiles: Education, Complex systems, Applied Data Science

This Master’s will not start in 2022. Please take a look at our new programme Health and Environment.

In the Urban and Economic programme you will study urban regions and their economic developments from various academic perspectives and thematic angles. You will find possible solutions for contemporary and upcoming challenges of cities.

Water Science and Management is the study of modern water management techniques and water policies from a sustainable development perspective.

Learn to integrate knowledge from different disciplines to understand youth issues and to create solutions to address youth problems, such as social media, gaming; substance use; marginalisation and exclusion; and health and happiness.

This interdisciplinary programme (Maatschappelijke opvoedingsvraagstukken) in Pedagogy teaches you to connect issues of youth and education to contemporary, (inter)national social issues.